Also known as Matilda.
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 1156.
The date is given by Crouch (ODNB). Keats-Rohan (p. 246) gives 1157.
Relationships
Father: Robert fitz Haimon (died 1107).
This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Green (ODNB), and by Keats-Rohan (p. 246).
Mother: Sibyl, daughter of Roger de Montgomery.
This relationship is given by Green (ODNB).
Spouse: Robert (died 1147), earl of Gloucester.
This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Green (ODNB), and by Keats-Rohan (p. 246).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)
William (died 23 November 1183), earl of Gloucester, married Havise de Beaumont.
Philip (died 1147).
Richard (died 1175), sire de Creully, married a daughter of Hugues van Gent, lord of Monfort-en-Risle.
Roger (died 9 August 1179). Bishop of Worcester.
Hamon (died 1159).
Robert (died 1170) married Hawise, daughter of Baldwin de Reviers, earl of Devon. [Cawley has him as illegitimate.
Matilda (died 29 July 1189) married Ranulf de Gernon, earl of Chester.
References
Cawley, Charles. “Mabel” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).
Crouch, David. “Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. before 1100, d. 1147)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006).
Green, Judith A. “Robert fitz Haimon (d. 1107)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).
Johns, Susan M. “Matilda, countess of Chester (d. 1189)”, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007).
Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).